KT&G to sell Korean office tower to Pebblestone for $90 mn

KT&G to sell Korean office tower to Pebblestone for $90 mn

KT&G Corp., the world’s fifth-largest tobacco maker, is set to sell an office tower in South Korea to a local asset manager for an estimat...

Affinity Equity bets big on Korea's car rental market

Affinity Equity bets big on Korea's car rental market

The car rental business resembles financial services. Buying cars with borrowed money, renting them out and eventually selling them to used car de...

Hyundai zeroes in on hybrid cars, longer-range EVs

Hyundai zeroes in on hybrid cars, longer-range EVs

Hyundai Motor Co. will double its hybrid vehicle lineup to 14 models and develop longer-range electric vehicles to overcome a prolonged slowdown or ...

APR, TJX to co-work for Medicube products sale in N.Amerca

APR, TJX to co-work for Medicube products sale in N.Amerca

South Korea's cosmetic and clothing company APR said on Wednesday it signed a supply contract with TJX Companies, the North America-based global ret...

Kookmin to tighten loan limits to cool housing market

Kookmin to tighten loan limits to cool housing market

Kookmin Bank, South Korea’s largest lender under KB Financial Group, will tighten lending to curb mortgage loan growth in line with the govern...

Hanwha’s Kim Dong-seon to raise his stake in Galleria to 19.86%

Hanwha’s Kim Dong-seon to raise his stake in Galleria to 19.86%

Kim Dong-seon, vice president of South Korea’s Hanwha Galleria Corp. and the third son of Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-yeon, plans to buy a...

Mirae Asset, global investors eye gain from sale of Hanoi skyscraper

Mirae Asset, global investors eye gain from sale of Hanoi skyscraper

South Korea's Mirae Asset Securities Co. and shareholders in the three-building complex Landmark72, which encompasses the second-tallest skyscraper ...

Yuhan’s lung cancer drug clears FDA hurdle for global debut

Yuhan’s lung cancer drug clears FDA hurdle for global debut

A new lung cancer treatment developed by South Korea’s Yuhan Corp. has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a co...

KAI, TAI ink deal to boost T-50TH support

KAI, TAI ink deal to boost T-50TH support

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Thai Aviation Industries (TAI), Thailand's state-owned aircraf...

Samsung Electronics tops global TV sales in H1

Samsung Electronics tops global TV sales in H1

Samsung Electronics Co. maintained its top position in the global TV market in the first half of this year, bolstered by robust sales of its newly i...

SK seeks sale of specialty gas unit for around $3 bn

SK seeks sale of specialty gas unit for around $3 bn

SK Group, the second-largest conglomerate in South Korea, is considering selling global leading specialty gas producer SK Specialty Co. for around 4...

Tighter emissions rules boost HD Hyundai Marine margin

Tighter emissions rules boost HD Hyundai Marine margin

HD Hyundai Marine Solution Co., a ship parts manufacturing and after-sales service company, has reported the highest-ever operating profit margin in...

LG Electronics' Indian unit logs highest first-half sales

LG Electronics' Indian unit logs highest first-half sales

LG Electronics Inc., the world’s largest home appliances maker, raked in more than 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) in first-half sales in India ...

SK Hynix’s turnaround gains traction from US, China

SK Hynix’s turnaround gains traction from US, China

SK Hynix Inc., the world’s No. 2 memory chipmaker, has made a significant business turnaround in the US and China, which made up 80% of its sa...

Hyundai to develop EREV powertrain for electric pickup, Santa Fe, GV70

Hyundai to develop EREV powertrain for electric pickup, Santa Fe, GV70

South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Group is developing a next-generation powertrain, known as a range extender, for pickup trucks and s...

Food giant CJ CheilJedang's profits rise for 3rd straight quarter

Food giant CJ CheilJedang's profits rise for 3rd straight quarter

South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang Corp.'s quarterly operating profit increased for the third consecutive quarter, reversing a decline in the th...

Korea’s retail investors buy stocks on dips in turmoil

Korea’s retail investors buy stocks on dips in turmoil

South Korea’s individual investors took the recent turmoil in stock markets as an opportunity to buy shares at home and abroad on dips, bettin...

S.Korea's top three tire makers sell 45 mn units in H1 2024

S.Korea's top three tire makers sell 45 mn units in H1 2024

South Korean tire manufacturers have nearly reached sales of 45 million units in the global market during the first half of this year, the Korea Tir...

Carlyle, Keppel, IMM stay in final race for Ecorbit

Carlyle, Keppel, IMM stay in final race for Ecorbit

Carlyle Group, a union of Hong Kong-based Keppel Corp. and Gaw Capital Partners and a consortium of IMM Investment and IMM Private Equity are the th...

IGIS puts NPS-backed building in Seoul on sale for $294 mn

IGIS puts NPS-backed building in Seoul on sale for $294 mn

IGIS Asset Management Co., one of Asia's largest real estate investment firms, is seeking to sell a building backed by South Korea’s National ...

Samyang Roundsquare holds 'Buldak Ferry Party' in Denmark

Samyang Roundsquare holds 'Buldak Ferry Party' in Denmark

Samyang Roundsquare, formerly known as Samyang Foods Group in South Korea, announced on Friday that it held a consumer event called the "Buldak Spic...

LG ramps up European HVAC marketing with new Therma V model

LG ramps up European HVAC marketing with new Therma V model

LG Electronics Inc., a leading South Korean home appliance maker, is strengthening efforts to enhance its presence in Europe’s heating, ventil...

Korean firms rush to sell bonds with yields at over 2-yr low

Korean firms rush to sell bonds with yields at over 2-yr low

South Korea’s corporate bond markets are having an unusually busy summer as companies are rushing to sell debts to lock in lower interest cost...

Gas maker Air Products Korea put on sale for around $3.6 bn

Gas maker Air Products Korea put on sale for around $3.6 bn

US industrial gas maker Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has put its South Korean unit up for sale for an estimated 5 trillion won ($3.6 billion), in...

S.Korea’s current account at near 7-year high on strong chip exports

S.Korea’s current account at near 7-year high on strong chip exports

South Korea reported its biggest monthly current account surplus in six years and nine months thanks to robust exports of semiconductors. But the gr...

SK Telecom logs higher quarterly profit on AI, lower costs

SK Telecom logs higher quarterly profit on AI, lower costs

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, reported a higher quarterly profit as its cost-cutting and strong artificial intelligence (A...

MLOps startup Vessl AI eyes 50% sales from US in 2025

MLOps startup Vessl AI eyes 50% sales from US in 2025

Vessl AI, a South Korea-native MLOps platform-operating startup, is envisioning a takeoff in the US next year after building a concrete client base ...

Hyundai Tucson HEV posts record US sales as hybrids catch on

Hyundai Tucson HEV posts record US sales as hybrids catch on

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. saw sales of the hybrid version of its flagship Tucson SUV hit an all-time monthly high in July in the US, the...

Qxpress investors to take over Qoo10 founder's control

Qxpress investors to take over Qoo10 founder's control

Financial investors of Qxpress Pte. are set to take over Singapore-based Qoo10 Pte. and its founder Ku Young Bae’s control amid financial turm...

Samsung, Ottogi unveil exclusive lifestyle TV goods

Samsung, Ottogi unveil exclusive lifestyle TV goods

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday that it collaborated with the domestic food company Ottogi to release limited edition goods called Samsu...

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